Corruption
Moldova needs more transparency
January 12, 2012By Valeriu Gonta / Chisinau / Moldova.org / -- Transparency International – Moldova issued yesterday, January 11, the Report regarding the monitoring of the anti-corruption policies for 2011. The purpose of the research was to analyze the central...
China unrest: 25 arrested after clashes with police
June 12, 2011Police in southern China say they have arrested 25 people after clashes between residents and security forces near the city of Guangzhou. A crowd threw bottles and bricks at police after a dispute between two street vendors and local security. Riot...
The Baccalaureate exams in the final stage
July 08, 2010By Cristina Nazaru The Baccalaureate exams finished, the results were announced, the appeals against low marks made, the period of retakes has begun and the diplomas will soon be issued. For many years, perhaps, since their introduction in the Moldovan...
Kyrgyz joke, a release valve, like in Soviet times
March 04, 2010By Tyntchtykbek Tchoroev Against a backdrop of authoritarianism, corruption, and cronyism, the Soviet joke was a welcome release valve. It's a tradition that has lived on in the post-Soviet world. During the rule of the previous Kyrgyz president, Askar...
Moldovan journalist writing about corruption threatened
December 22, 2009Investigative Journalists for Moldovan Newspaper Ziarul de Garda Threatened after Publishing Articles about Corruption at Chisinau Railway Station Starting at the end of November, Moldovan newspaper Ziarul de Garda (ZdG) published four articles about...
Moldovan journalists say intimidated over investigative reports
December 16, 2009Journalists of the [grant-funded and investigative] newspaper Ziarul de Garda and their families have been intimidated with threats following of the publication of investigative reports regarding acts of corruption at the Chisinau-based railway terminal...
Moldovan envoy in Portugal denies illegal immigration links
December 09, 2009The Moldovan ambassador in Portugal, Mihail Camerzan, told Diario de Noticias that he regretted that the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) had not asked for the embassy's help in the investigation into a people trafficking network. If it had done so, all...
YouTube police whistle blower fired in Russia
November 09, 2009By Brian Whitmore Routine falsification of evidence. Pressure to arrest the innocent. Poor working conditions. And a low salary. Aleksei Dymovsky, a police major in the Black Sea port town of Novorossiisk, finally decided enough was enough. So last...
US provides $1.4M to Moldova to combat corruption, crime
September 23, 2009Moldova has received a new installment of financial assistance worth 1.4 million dollars from the United States to combat corruption, human trafficking and organised crime. U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry and Parliament Speaker and acting...
Half of Russian University Students ‘Regularly’ Bribe Instructors
June 17, 2009By Paul Goble Up to 50 percent of the students in Russian universities pay bribes to their instructors on a regular basis, and as many as a third of all instructors systematically take them, according to Russian experts who were reacting to a UNESCO...